BELUR TEMPLE - COBBLERS' SUBSTITUTING THE WORN OUT CHAPPALS WITH NEW ONES

Thus, the generally looked down upon chandalas or asprisyas, the most contemptuously designated are enjoying the hereditary privilege of going into the garbhagriha. It bent the heads of the high born brahmins. So, haste has its bright side features too. But once in a blue moon, they emerge. This phenomenon is not a concocted event to boost any particular individual, or dethrone any, since historical evidence preserved in archives testifies it, says the priest while narrating the glory of the temple, particularly during the offering of Puja to the Kappe Chennigaraya swamy installed in a big and equally marvelous temple lying next to the main temple. And that was the same icon Dankanachary sculptured.

As this temple is the first and final word in the sculptured architectural monument of the subcontinent and the aforesaid circumstances are awe inspiring, a perusal is deemed a necessity. So have a peep at it through the account given.

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